Evidence of the crash was strewn across the shoulder of the road. Deputies say they tried to pull Rivera over nearly two miles away from the crash scene when he sped away in a chase that hit speeds of 100 mph.

Manzano was a mother of two and her friends say they're in shock.

"We're worried. We're with the family right now and with the kids. We just came to get a few things from the crash site. Little memories right here," Hernandez said.

It turns out that Rivera didn't have a driver's license and neither Manzano nor Rivera were wearing seatbelts.

We requested the pursuit policy from the Collier County Sheriff's Office which says deputies can pursue anyone as long as a supervisor approves it. The policy mentions that deputies should consider their safety and the safety of the public when starting a chase, but says nothing about the safety of the other car.

The agency told us in a statement:

"We can tell you that we are conducting an administrative review of the pursuit to ensure that all policies and procedures were followed. This is standard procedure following all pursuits."

Now that we're getting into the second half of August, it's the the time of year when we really start to monitor the far eastern Atlantic for budding tropical waves that could potentially develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.